Darkest Night Letter 2017

Dear Darkest Night creator,

Thank you for making something for me! Hopefully one of my prompts will inspire you, but if not then pretty much anything for the tag(s) we matched on will make me happy. I tried to be clear about my DNWs (and I'll elaborate on them some more below) but to put things into more positive terms: I like het, slash, femslash and poly. Any rating is fine. Graphic noncon is fine, dubcon's fine, consensual sex is fine. Blood, bruises, scars and burns are all okay. Also mental illness, depression, self-harm and suicidal thoughts. Characters in pain, from mild to excruciating. Please make my favourites suffer. ♥

- aestivali

DNWs:
- Character death. It's fine for characters to be in a situation where they might die, or be convinced they're going to die, but I don't actually want to see it happen. Leave it ambiguous. (Or have them be saved, if you want a happier ending. But ambiguous is fine.)
- Underage sex.
- Scat or watersports.
- Incest. (This does not include doppelcest, which I have prompts for in Voltron.)
- Bestiality. (However xeno involving sentient aliens, dragons, etc is encouraged.)
- Broken bones.
- Eye trauma.
- Amputation, loss of limbs, or removal of body parts. Where this is canon, please don't focus on it.
- Internal bleeding. External bleeding and bruises are fine. If someone gets badly beaten, I'll assume no internal bleeding even if that's biologically improbable.
- As an extension of the above, no permanent physical damage from rape, please. I prefer the scars to be psychological.
- And I almost forgot, but no needles please, especially in art. (Injections that are not described in detail are fine.)

GENERAL FIC LIKES:
- third person
- past or present tense
- hurt/comfort
- angsty porn
- loyal but complicated relationships
- unreliable narrators/narratives where you're not quite sure what's real
- characters not being sure what's real either

GENERAL ART LIKES:
- my woobie of choice tied up, or crying, or beaten and bruised
- one character comforting the other as they cry
- one character crying while the other sleeps next to them unaware
- an enormous cock raping their ass
- being made to kneel before their captor
- hands wrapped around their throat
- shadowy hallucinations
- glowing eyes, because of possession or dark magic

GOTHAM

Bruce Wayne/Alfred Pennyworth

I love the complicated relationship these two have, with Bruce technically being in charge but Alfred being the responsible adult. Also how loyal they are to each other, but still keep secrets and allow each other to struggle with things. I love how protective Alfred is, how he's willing to sacrifice himself, but at the same time won't let Bruce get away with everything and isn't afraid to punish him. And I love Bruce having a manipulative streak, especially if he's trying to seduce Alfred.

Please no underage, though, even Alfred lusting after underage Bruce but not acting on it. I want Alfred to feel like a dirty old man but for Bruce to be a consenting adult. (Or not so consenting, if it's one of the dubcon/noncon scenarios.) Shame and guilt is great, statutory rape not so much.

- Aftermath of Torture, Aftermath of Violence: Some hurt/comfort after Alfred gets hurt in the line of duty, yet again. I love it every time it happens and I will never get enough.
- Alternate Universe - Hunger Games Setting: Alfred is the Haymitch to Bruce's Katniss, falling in love as he trains his young charge. He knows Bruce most likely won't survive, but he can't stop himself hoping that somehow...
- Enduring Torture to Protect Another: Alfred is tortured as Bruce watches. Either it's a display for Bruce's 'benefit' or Bruce is hidden nearby and both of them must keep quiet.
- Fuck Or Die: They're not in a relationship (yet), but Unspecified Baddie demands the two of them strip off and have sex - or they'll both be killed.
- Harmed to Punish Another: Bruce's latest scheme results in a very painful warning being visited upon Alfred.
- Hypothermia: While cut off from civilisation, Bruce gets too cold and starts to go into hypothermia. Alfred has to stabilise his body temperature before it's too late. (Perhaps they are snowed in at a cabin, or lost in the wilderness.)
- Sex Pollened Character/Non-Sex Pollened Character: Bruce is dosed with some kind of sex pollen, and there's only one way to cure him. Alfred is reluctant, but he knows it has to be done.
- Shame in Sexual Desires: Alfred is disgusted with himself for being attracted to Bruce. That's not necessarily going to stop him.

RIVERDALE

Betty Cooper/Veronica Lodge

Oh man, this ridiculous show. I am here for all the girls, but especially these two, and especially as a couple. I love that Betty seems like such a good girl but has some real darkness in her. I love that Veronica is a former bad girl who's trying to do better. They really seem to balance each other out, and they bonded so quickly. I also love it when they work together to do questionable things, with Betty leading the charge and Veronica being the voice of reason but still with her all the way.

- Breathplay: Getting off on the sensation of it, but also the danger. Perhaps with shades of self-loathing. (Your choice as to whether it is Betty or Veronica on the receiving end.)
- Dark Character: The return of Dark Betty! I loved her in the show and would be so excited to see more. Can Veronica draw her back to herself, or is it permanent this time?
- Gothic Horror: Riverdale is already halfway there, but. Creepy old houses. Ghosts that may or may not be real. Menacing shadowy figures. All the delicious creepy tropes! Perhaps they go on a roadtrip, and ended up at a haunted hotel? Or need to visit the ruins of Thornhill for some reason?
- Hallucinations, Hearing Voices, Mental Breakdown: Any of these, singular or in combination, for either of the girls. Just someone's brain turning on them in a horrible way.
- Killing Together: A progression of their decisions to break into cars and boil hot tubs - another plot results in a situation where they feel they have to kill someone. They feel terrible but they're going to support each other in it. It has to be done. (If you go with this prompt, please make it an OC and not a canon character.)
- Possession: Either of them is possessed by an evil entity. Maybe the other one has to work to save them. Maybe they can't, and have to watch as their lover visits all sort of evil upon them/others.

VOLTRON

Shiro/Keith

I ship these two so much, and apparently I need even more angst than the show itself is heaping upon them. Shiro is just so kind and patient and gentle, and he suffers so beautifully. I love him being self-sacrificing and trying to protect Keith, both physically and emotionally. On Keith's part, I love his devotion and his determination to rescue Shiro, but also his emotional awkwardness. They're great together, but their lives don't make it easy for them.

Please nothing about the loss of Shiro's arm or the process of replacing it, and no art of him without an arm. Some post-replacement body horror is fine, as long as it's along the lines of 'oh no my new arm is evil' and not 'oh no my arm is gone'.

- Aftermath of Torture: Keith tries to help Shiro deal with both the physical and mental after-effects of being tortured. Lots of comfort, but it's not easy for either of them.
- Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Mating Cycles/In Heat: One or both of them experiences these, perhaps caused by Keith's Galra genes or the experiments they did on Shiro. Maybe just heats, maybe one has a knot, maybe there are urges to dom or sub. Either way, it complicates their relationship. (No preference as to which is alpha, omega, etc)
- Alternate Universe - Historical: Ancient Rome AU. The Galra are the Romans, Shiro is a gladiator in their arena. Keith could be the illegitimate son of a senator or some such. (Even Zarkon, if you want.) Perhaps they meet at a dinner party where the Champion is being shown off. Perhaps there is some kind of Spartacus-esque uprising. I'd just love to see them in some of the trappings of Ancient Rome.
- Character's memories were a dream/a delusion: The Shiro we got back in season 3 is a clone with implanted memories. How does he feel when he finds out? What about Keith? Or do they carry on, not realising anything is wrong? Lots of angst, please. (You could also go AU and have him be a clone from season 1.)
- Chronic Insomnia: Perhaps caused by nightmares (see below) but Shiro finds it extremely difficult to sleep, to the point that it begins to seriously affect him during the day. Maybe he tries to hide it, or maybe Keith helps him through it.
- Depression: All of the other terrible things happening in Shiro's brain progress into depression. He knows his team needs him, but he just... can't. Or maybe, now that Keith is Black Paladin, he doesn't feel needed at all.
- Enduring Rape to Protect Another, Enduring Torture to Protect Another: Some standard self-sacrificing Shiro. Perhaps it's to protect the team, or to protect Keith specifically. Either way, terrible things happen and Shiro suffers nobly. Perhaps Keith is there and has to watch, or perhaps he can only watch in horror over a video link.
- Guilt: After all the things he did in the arena, Shiro suffers from survivor's guilt. He knows he tried to be merciful, he only did what he was forced to - but he still irrationally feels like it's all his fault.
- Hallucinations, Hearing Voices: Shiro keeps seeing and/or hearing his tormentors everywhere. He doesn't even know if they're real. And maybe he doesn't want to tell Keith, either because he's ashamed or because he doesn't want to worry him.
- Mental Breakdown: It's all finally too much for Shiro, and he breaks down. Feel free to combine this with any of the other prompts, eg PTSD/panic attacks/hallucinations, torture, rape, etc
- Nightmares: Shiro has nightmares about all the terrible things the Galra did to him. You could go inside his head and show what the nightmares are like, or show what the effects are in his waking life. Maybe he doesn't want to share a bed with Keith because he doesn't want him to know/doesn't want to wake him up screaming. Maybe they do share a bed and Keith comforts him when the nightmares wake him.
- Panic Attacks: More like when Shiro freaked out and ejected Sendak into space, please. Could focus on a single attack and the sensation of it/Keith trying to help him through it, or on the effects of repeated panic attacks, large or small.
- Possessed Victim noncons Victim: One of them rapes the other while under the influence of the Galra/some other alien species. What is it like during? How do they deal with it afterwards? (I'd prefer it not to totally destroy their relationship but it can make things very angsty for a long time.)
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Anything focusing on Shiro's PTSD. Could be from his POV, getting into the darkness of what it's like to experience that, or from Keith's, with the pain of watching that happen to someone you love. Does Shiro have flashbacks when they're trying to be intimate? Or maybe it's just a constant lowkey presence in their lives, and Keith wants to help Shiro but doesn't really know how.
- Something Made Them Do It: Sex pollen, unexpected alien rituals, or just the Galra forcing them to fuck or die. Maybe they were already a couple, maybe they hadn't yet confessed their feelings, but it's not an entirely pleasant experience. (Dubcon or noncon is fine.)
- Soulmates Gone Wrong: Just because they're soulmates, doesn't make it easy. Maybe they're destined to be in love but not to live happily. Maybe Haggar uses dark magic to warp their bond. Maybe being too far from each other causes them pain. Maybe they have some sort of telepathy or empathy, but all of Shiro's issues just make that a bad thing. Just anything where destiny bites them in the butt.
- Whump: One or both of them gets beaten up in battle, or attacked by nature, or something. Afterwards they're all dirty and bruised and in lots of pain. Maybe one rescues the other, or they both have to huddle together and wait for the rest of the team to save them.

Galra/Shiro, Haggar/Shiro, Sendak/Shiro, dark!Shiro/Shiro

'Any Galra' can include Zarkon, any of the generals we've seen, OCs, or maybe a Blade of Marmora trying not to blow their cover. Lotor is presumably half-Galra, but he can come too. (No Lotor/Shiro/Zarkon or Lotor/Shiro/Haggar though please. Too close to incest for me.) Dark!Shiro can be an illusion, a hallucination, a figure in Shiro's dreams, or a fully-fledged evil clone implanted with his memories.

Please nothing about the loss of Shiro's arm or the process of replacing it, and no art of him without an arm. Some post-replacement body horror is fine, as long as it's along the lines of 'oh no my new arm is evil' and not 'oh no my arm is gone'.

- Bad Guys Win: Team Voltron fails, but the Galra keep them around for their own amusement. And they take a special interest in punishing their former Champion.
- Choking: I love all the times Shiro gets choked in canon and I want more, please. Could be during battle, could edge into breathplay. Just someone wrapping their hand(s) around his throat and giving it a squeeze.
- Hallucinations, Hearing Voices: Either during his captivity or after he escapes, Shiro keeps seeing and/or hearing his tormentors everywhere. He doesn't even know if they're real.
- Medical Experimentation: Giving him drugs to see how he copes or induce certain states: truth serum, fear toxin, sex pollen. Or strapping electrodes to him to give him shocks. Or forcing him to run on a treadmill for hours upon hours. Just testing him in physically and emotionally unpleasant ways.
- Mindwiping: They keep mindwiping Shiro, so that every time he's raped/experimented on/forced to kill, it's like the first time for him all over again.
- Nightmares: Even after he escapes, Shiro is haunted by his experiences. Every night he sees them again, repeating their old tricks, trying out new ones - and he's not sure that they're just dreams.
- Rape as Entertainment/Sport for an Audience: Fighting wasn't the only thing Shiro had to do in the arena. Sometimes the crowd would watch as he was raped by a Galra - or multiple Galra, either at the same time or one after another.
- Rape as Part of Scientific Experimentation and Research: The Galra have never seen a human before, and they want to know his limits. How long he can last without coming, how much can his ass stretch, how does he respond to sounding? Everything is carefully measured and noted down.
- Rape/Non-con Elements: Pretty much any rape scenario not covered by the above. Maybe it's common for gladiators to be prostituted out to important Galra. Maybe Haggar doses him with space viagra so she can ride his dick. Maybe Sendak finds him again after being ejected into space, and exacts revenge. Maybe dark Shiro decides to prove who's strongest. Just anything with poor Shiro being violated.
- Torture: Shiro is tortured for refusing to kill/daring to escape/being a paladin. Can be physical or psychological torture.

WARCRAFT

Khadgar/Gul'dan

Khadgar is a precious baby mage who needs to be protected at all costs. By which I mean, have all the terrible things happen to him. I love his sass, his curiosity, his recklessness. And, of course, his enormous tear-filled eyes. I really want to see Gul'dan do all sorts of awful things to him, whether magical or sexual. Size difference and size kink is a plus.

- Bad Guys Win: Either an AU of the film, or post-film. The orcs win, Khadgar is captured, and Gul'dan is free to do with him as he pleases. And nobody's coming to save him.
- Corruption: Gul'dan slowly uses the fel to corrupt Khadgar, body and soul. Maybe, by the end, Khadgar even likes it.
- Forced Orgasm: Not only is Gul'dan going to take away control of Khadgar's body, but control of his pleasure too.
- Powerful Character Made Helpless: Anything from Khadgar having his mouth covered again, to being full-on gagged and tied up. Lots of fear and lots of tears, please!
- Raped by a Gigantic Cock: The size difference between orcs and humans applies as much to their genitals as everything else. It takes a lot of time, lube, and pain, but Gul'dan is determined to fit his enormous cock inside this delicate little mage.
- War Trophy / Spoils of War: Gul'dan keeps a captured Khadgar as his slave. Either as a trophy, because he's such a powerful mage, or just because he has such a pretty face.

WORLD OF WARCRAFT

Wrathion/Anduin

I love these two separately and I love the idea of them together. It would be a real contrast, and probably not always easy. Anduin is so patient and kind, concerned with being a good leader and establishing peace. Wrathion has good aims, but sometimes he can be a little shit. Being different species could make it politically difficult, or result in some kinky xeno porn.

Note: Due to the weirdness of dragons, for the purpose of defining 'underage' I will assume Wrathion is an adult too if Anduin is eighteen.

- Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Irresistible Instincts/Urges, Mating Cycles/In Heat: Wrathion's dragon biology is insistent. Perhaps Anduin is fine with it, perhaps he resists. Maybe Wrathion ends up raping an unwilling Anduin, or unexpectedly knots with him, or initiates a mate bond. Maybe he manages to stop himself just in time.
- Emotional Manipulation: Morally grey Wrathion manipulates Anduin to get what he wants. Could be sexually or politically.
- Forced Bonding: Wrathion's determined not to let Anduin slip away from him, so he initiates a bonding without consent. Or perhaps it is someone (or something) else that forces the two of them together, and neither is happy about it.
- Forced Cross Species Pregnancy: Wrathion needs heirs, so he lays eggs inside Anduin - without Anduin's permission.
- Mirror Universe, Parallel Universes: Anduin meets a Wrathion who was corrupted by the old gods. Or, Wrathion meets an Anduin who is the total opposite of the one he knows - but perhaps he doesn't realise it's not his Anduin.
- Oviposition: They both need heirs, so Wrathion consensually lays eggs inside Anduin. But the process turns out to be painful and/or dangerous.
- The road to hell is paved with good intentions: Wrathion is so determined to protect Azeroth from the Legion that it leads him down a dark path. Or, Anduin sees Wrathion turning towards evil and takes drastic action to stop him - perhaps involving priestly mind control.
- War Trophy / Spoils of War: An alternate universe or future scenario where the two are on opposite sides of a war, and Wrathion's side wins. He then claims Anduin as his spoils, either to protect him or because he feels it's his right.